Endangered and/or threatened; Policies; Work of the Service; Marine mammals;

Christopher Columbus was the first European to report seeing a manatee in the New World. To Columbus, and other sailors who had been at sea for a long time, manatees were reminiscent of mermaids—the mythical half-fish, half-woman creatures of the...

Fritz Knopf oral history interview as conducted by John Cornely. Fritz worked at the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Denver Wildlife Research Center starting in 1980. Since then the Center has undergone several name changes and was part...

Harold W. Benson oral history interview as conducted by W. T. Olds. Harold Benson worked mainly in regional and area Offices, and in Washington D.C. and worked in Realty, Federal Aid, Endangered Species, and Wetland programs including Joint...